You are here: Home / Archives for cool

Simple Social Networking with Boonex Dolphin

May 16, 2011 By 3 Comments
boonex-community-dophin

For the many social media CMS’ available today it’s not so strange to see powerful libraries. Boonex is one of the lesser-known companies which sponsors the creation of powerful open-source scripts. Of their vast library Boonex Dolphin is their most prominent release. Dolphin 7 is the latest release in their free open source software package. Inside you’ll find loads of files and demo plugins which work to add functionality into your website. This process is very simple and provides a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social Networking Tagged With: , , , ,

New Web Design/Development Community Forrst Blows up Across the Web

July 5, 2010 By 6 Comments
forrst-main-screen

Since the major success of Dribbble designers and developers have been looking for such amazing communities to share resources. Because of this, Forrst.com isn't really a totally new idea in and of itself. However the implementation and UI features are so unique, the community has exploded over the past few months since launch. Forrst allows you to register an account and run your own profile, similar to a Twitter or Foursquare profile. You can follow other designers/developers in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fun Sites, Graphic Design Tagged With: , , , ,

Open Source Forum Software bbPress Developed Alongside WordPress

May 18, 2010 By 5 Comments
bbpress-featured

For a long time vBulletin was the reigning king of forum software. It's been around for years, has a highly developed community of experts, and is powering tens of thousands of forums across the internet. However bbPress is a new open-source software developed by the creators of Wordpress. Emulating a simple threaded web forum, you can install bbPress as a stand-alone application or to tie into a Wordpress blog. User profiles can carry over into both sections, and it allows for you to not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social Networking, Web Development Tagged With: , , ,

Social Media Examiner: The Online Magazine for Social Media Tips

May 6, 2010 By 4 Comments
social-media-examiner

The transformation from the blogging era has already begun, as more and more people are learning how to start up their own online press. Now dubbed by many as online magazines, running your own personal blog isn't hard these days. Finding writers and getting a design together is the hardest part, and once you're set you can jump right in to launch your magazine venture! I've recently been visiting Social Media Examiner quite a bit. From what I can tell the magazine holds a lot of promise, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging, Social Media Tagged With: , , ,

Streaming Videos of History Channel’s America: The Story of Us

April 26, 2010 By 2 Comments
america-storyofus

A riveting documentary and informative series just started last night on History Channel. Simply entitled America: The Story of Us, it contains featured interviews and discussions with important political leaders from everywhere around the US. Luckily for those who missed it, History Channel has some clips streaming from their website. It appears to be a multi-part documentary series, and History Channel has spared no expense at running up to date pictures and videos from the series on their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Video Tagged With: , ,

Adobe’s Secrets Revealed for New Creative Suite 5

April 22, 2010 By 5 Comments
adobe-cs5-featured

There have been quite a few videos in regards to the new Adobe Creative Suite 5, most specifically Photoshop and design software. There have been a lot of updates from the not-so-old CS4 set of Web and Graphic design software. Adobe currently controls a large portion of the digital media market, and with their newest brand of software this will allow them to bump their skills up another level. This means developers working with Adobe Dreamweaver will have a much easier time, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Web Design Tagged With: , , ,

Craze.cc – New and Innovative Social News/Discussion Community

April 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
crazecc-featured

I love social media, I'll get that off my chest right now. There are so many new and innovative websites popping up each and every day which take the idea of social networking and spin it around with some new features and a new look, then present it to you in a clean and elegant way. Well Craze.cc is certainly one of those sites, and the idea is spreading fast. Built off the Pligg CMS, Craze.cc is a new social networking application which I can only describe as a combination of a small forum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social Networking Tagged With: , , ,